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Welcome, developers! This documentation is designed to guide you through integrating your applications with the [Your Company Name] platform. Our API provides a powerful and flexible way to programmatically access and manage your data, automate workflows, and extend the functionality of our services directly within your own applications.
Whether you're building custom dashboards, integrating with third-party tools, or developing new features, our API offers the tools you need to succeed. We've focused on creating a RESTful API that is intuitive, consistent, and well-documented.
This section will walk you through the initial steps required to make your first API call.
To ensure the security of your data, all requests to the [Your Company Name] API must be authenticated. We primarily use API Key authentication.
1. Log in to your [Your Company Name] dashboard.
2. Navigate to the "Settings" or "Developer" section.
3. Generate a new API Key.
4. Important: Treat your API Key like a password. Do not share it publicly or commit it to version control.
Include your API Key in the Authorization header of every request, prefixed with Bearer.
Example:
For a comprehensive list of error codes, please refer to Section 5.
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## **2. API Endpoints Reference**
Our API is organized around RESTful principles, providing clear, resource-oriented URLs. Below are the core resources and their available operations.
### **2.1. Products Resource**
Manage your product catalog, including creation, retrieval, updates, and deletion of product information.
#### **2.1.1. List All Products**
Retrieves a list of all products in your catalog.
* **`GET /products`**
* **Description:** Returns an array of product objects. Supports pagination and filtering.
* **Query Parameters:**
* `limit` (optional, integer): Maximum number of products to return. Default is 10, max is 100.
* `offset` (optional, integer): Number of products to skip before starting to collect the result set. Default is 0.
* `category` (optional, string): Filter products by a specific category.
* `status` (optional, enum: `active`, `inactive`): Filter products by their status.
* **Example Request:**
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Beyond the basic API Key, understanding our authentication and authorization mechanisms is crucial for secure integration.
For more granular control, we will introduce OAuth 2.0 with scopes, allowing you to limit an API key's access to specific resources or actions. This feature is currently under development.
To ensure fair usage and maintain API stability, we enforce rate limits on all API requests.
429 Too Many Requests HTTP status code. * X-RateLimit-Limit: The maximum number of requests you can make in the current window.
* X-RateLimit-Remaining: The number of requests remaining in the current window.
* X-RateLimit-Reset: The time (in UTC epoch seconds) at which the current rate limit window resets.
Best Practice: Implement exponential backoff in your application to gracefully handle rate limit errors.
Understanding error responses is key to building robust integrations.
| HTTP Status Code | Code | Description | Suggested Action |
| :--------------- | :-------------------- | :----------------------------------------------------- | :----------------------------------------------------------- |
| 200 OK | success | The request was successful. | Process the response data. |
| 201 Created | resource_created | A new
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Version: 1.0.0
Last Updated: October 26, 2023
Welcome to the PantheraHive Notification Service API Documentation! This API allows developers to programmatically send, manage, and retrieve notifications across various channels (e.g., email, SMS, push notifications) from their applications. Designed for reliability and ease of integration, our API provides a robust solution for enhancing user engagement through timely and relevant communication.
Key Features:
Target Audience:
This documentation is intended for developers, system architects, and technical leads who wish to integrate notification capabilities into their applications using the PantheraHive Notification Service API.
To begin integrating with the PantheraHive Notification Service API, follow these steps:
All API requests should be made to the following base URL:
https://api.pantherahive.com/notifications/v1
The PantheraHive Notification Service API uses API Key Authentication.
Each request must include your unique API Key in the X-API-Key header.
How to Obtain Your API Key:
Example Authentication Header:
X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE
Security Best Practices:
To ensure fair usage and system stability, the PantheraHive Notification Service API enforces rate limits.
If you exceed the rate limits, the API will return a 429 Too Many Requests status code. You should implement exponential backoff and retry logic in your application to handle rate limit errors gracefully.
This section details all available API endpoints, their methods, parameters, and example requests/responses.
Sends a new notification to one or more recipients across specified channels.
POST/sendDescription:
This endpoint initiates the delivery of a notification. You can specify the content directly or use a predefined template.
Request Body Parameters:
| Name | Type | Required | Description | Example |
| :------------ | :------- | :------- | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :-------------------------------------------- |
| recipients | Array | Yes | An array of recipient objects. Each object must contain type and address. | [{"type": "email", "address": "user@example.com"}] |
| channels | Array | Yes | An array of notification channels to use. Supported: email, sms, push. | ["email", "sms"] |
| templateId | String | No | ID of a predefined notification template. Mutually exclusive with content. | "welcome_message" |
| content | Object | No | Custom notification content. Required if templateId is not provided. | { "subject": "Hello", "body": "Welcome!" } |
| data | Object | No | Key-value pairs to populate template variables or provide additional context. | { "userName": "John Doe", "orderId": "12345" } |
| scheduledFor| String | No | ISO 8601 timestamp for scheduling the notification in the future. | "2024-01-01T10:00:00Z" |
| priority | String | No | Notification priority. low, medium (default), high. | "high" |
Example Request:
cURL:
curl -X POST \
https://api.pantherahive.com/notifications/v1/send \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE' \
-d '{
"recipients": [
{
"type": "email",
"address": "johndoe@example.com"
},
{
"type": "sms",
"address": "+15551234567"
}
],
"channels": ["email", "sms"],
"templateId": "ORDER_CONFIRMATION",
"data": {
"orderId": "PHX7890123",
"customerName": "John Doe",
"totalAmount": "99.99"
},
"priority": "high"
}'
Python (using requests library):
import requests
api_key = "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
base_url = "https://api.pantherahive.com/notifications/v1"
headers = {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"X-API-Key": api_key
}
payload = {
"recipients": [
{"type": "email", "address": "johndoe@example.com"},
{"type": "sms", "address": "+15551234567"}
],
"channels": ["email", "sms"],
"templateId": "ORDER_CONFIRMATION",
"data": {
"orderId": "PHX7890123",
"customerName": "John Doe",
"totalAmount": "99.99"
},
"priority": "high"
}
response = requests.post(f"{base_url}/send", json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.status_code)
print(response.json())
Example Success Response (HTTP 202 Accepted):
{
"message": "Notification request accepted.",
"notificationId": "notif_abc123xyz456",
"status": "pending",
"details": [
{
"channel": "email",
"recipient": "johndoe@example.com",
"status": "accepted"
},
{
"channel": "sms",
"recipient": "+15551234567",
"status": "accepted"
}
]
}
Response Fields:
| Name | Type | Description |
| :--------------- | :----- | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| message | String | A human-readable message indicating the status of the request. |
| notificationId | String | A unique identifier for the overall notification request. |
| status | String | The overall status of the notification request (pending, failed). |
| details | Array | An array containing the status for each channel and recipient combination. |
Retrieves the current status of a previously sent notification.
GET/status/{notificationId}Description:
Use this endpoint to query the delivery status of a notification using its notificationId.
Path Parameters:
| Name | Type | Required | Description | Example |
| :--------------- | :----- | :------- | :--------------------------------------------- | :----------------------- |
| notificationId | String | Yes | The unique ID of the notification to retrieve. | "notif_abc123xyz456" |
Example Request:
cURL:
curl -X GET \
https://api.pantherahive.com/notifications/v1/status/notif_abc123xyz456 \
-H 'X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
Example Success Response (HTTP 200 OK):
{
"notificationId": "notif_abc123xyz456",
"overallStatus": "delivered",
"createdAt": "2023-10-26T14:30:00Z",
"lastUpdated": "2023-10-26T14:35:15Z",
"channelStatuses": [
{
"channel": "email",
"recipient": "johndoe@example.com",
"status": "delivered",
"statusDetails": "Email successfully sent and delivered to recipient inbox."
},
{
"channel": "sms",
"recipient": "+15551234567",
"status": "failed",
"statusDetails": "SMS delivery failed: Invalid phone number format."
}
]
}
Response Fields:
| Name | Type | Description |
| :---------------- | :----- | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| notificationId | String | The unique ID of the notification. |
| overallStatus | String | The aggregated status of the notification (pending, partial_success, delivered, failed). |
| createdAt | String | ISO 8601 timestamp when the notification request was initiated. |
| lastUpdated | String | ISO 8601 timestamp when the notification status was last updated. |
| channelStatuses | Array | An array detailing the status for each individual channel-recipient pair. |
| channel | String | The channel used for this specific notification part. |
| recipient | String | The recipient address for this specific notification part. |
| status | String | The status for this specific notification part (pending, sent, delivered, failed, read, clicked). |
| statusDetails | String | Additional details regarding the status, especially for failures. |
The PantheraHive Notification Service API uses standard HTTP status codes to indicate the success or failure of an API request. In case of an error, the response body will contain a JSON object with details about the error.
| Status Code | Meaning | Description